Charles R Drew University of Medicine and Science
Los Angeles, CA · Private · Large suburb · CDU
Private institution in Los Angeles, CA · 233 undergraduates · 39% acceptance rate · $83,438 median earnings 10 years after entry.
- Top 2%Student-faculty ratio
- Top 6%Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- Top 10%Acceptance rate
- Top 12%Median earnings, 6 years after entry
Stats
College Scorecard figures, each with where this school sits nationally among institutions that report the same measure. A dash means the school does not report it.
Cost
- Average net price
- $27,7891,630th cheapest of 1,969 reporting
- In-state tuition & fees
- $18,9331,083rd cheapest of 2,024 reporting
- Out-of-state tuition & fees
- $18,933782nd cheapest of 2,024 reporting
- Cost of attendance
- $33,9731,069th cheapest of 1,969 reporting
- Median graduate debt
- $18,750514th lowest of 1,865 reporting
Outcomes
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $83,438110th highest of 1,954 reporting
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $60,939230th highest of 1,950 reporting
- Graduation rate (4-year)
- 50.0%1,136th highest of 2,014 reporting
- Full-time retention
- 78.6%749th highest of 1,837 reporting
Admissions
- Acceptance rate
- 38.8%162nd most selective of 1,596 reporting
- Average SAT
- —
- Median ACT
- —
Campus
- Undergraduates
- 2331,839th largest of 2,144 reporting
- Student-faculty ratio
- 4.0:135th smallest of 2,141 reporting
- Pell Grant share
- 31.3%1,114th highest of 2,122 reporting
Nearest large-hub airport: 10 mi (LAX)
List appearances
This school doesn’t place in the top slice of any of our 111 lists. Most lists are Top 25–50, so absence here is common and says little on its own.
Applying
- Common App member
- Yes
- Application fee
- Free
- Personal essay
- Required
- Writing supplement
- No
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Best-paying fields of study
Median earnings one and two years after graduating, by field. Showing 6 of 6 reported programs.
| Field | Level | 1 yr | 2 yr |
|---|---|---|---|
| Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsHealth Professions | bachelors | — | — |
| Biology, GeneralBiological Sciences | bachelors | — | — |
| Foods, Nutrition, and Related ServicesFamily & Consumer Sciences | bachelors | — | — |
| Health/Medical Preparatory ProgramsHealth Professions | bachelors | — | — |
| Public HealthHealth Professions | bachelors | — | — |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingHealth Professions | bachelors | — | — |
Campus facts
Similar-size colleges
Nearest undergraduate enrollment to Charles R Drew University of Medicine and Science’s 233 (College Scorecard UGDS, compiled 2026-10-24). Size only — not a judgment of similarity or quality.
In CA
- Southern California Institute of ArchitectureLos Angeles, CA · 236 undergrads
- Lincoln UniversityOakland, CA · 223 undergrads
- San Francisco Conservatory of MusicSan Francisco, CA · 215 undergrads
- Bethesda UniversityAnaheim, CA · 212 undergrads
- Newschool of Architecture and DesignSan Diego, CA · 212 undergrads
- American Medical Sciences CenterGlendale, CA · 200 undergrads
Elsewhere
- Rabbinical College of Ohr Shimon YisroelBrooklyn, NY · 233 undergrads
- Aultman College of Nursing and Health SciencesCanton, OH · 232 undergrads
- Yeshiva Gedolah Imrei Yosef D'spinkaBrooklyn, NY · 232 undergrads
- Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center-El PasoEl Paso, TX · 235 undergrads
- American National University-PikevillePikeville, KY · 229 undergrads
- Maine College of Health ProfessionsLewiston, ME · 228 undergrads
Key links
- Official websitecdrewu.edu
- College ScorecardFederal source for every figure above (UNITID 111966)
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- Compare with Southern California Institute of ArchitectureSide by side on every Scorecard measure — closest in-state school by enrollment
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